Bridgeport

History

Bridgeport was originally known as Canton, and under the latter name was laid out in 1806 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane. The present name is for a bridge constructed near the town site in the 1810s.

Geography

Bridgeport is located along the Ohio River at the mouth of Wheeling Creek. There are two crossings into West Virginia, the Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge and a portion of the Fort Henry Bridge. Formerly, the Aetnaville Bridge and Bridgeport Bridge made the crossing to Wheeling Island, but the former has been closed to traffic and the latter has been demolished. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,830
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,825
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,782
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,617
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,611
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,424
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,280
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,277

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2025-05-09
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-04-29
  1 km SE of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-24
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-22
  3 km ESE of Buffalo, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-02-03
  0 km NE of Reno, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2024-09-11
  4 km WNW of Claysville, Pennsylvania